Seanchan

Customs/Beliefs:

• Lopar: large bear type animal.
• S'redit: Large elephant like animal.
• Grolm: like bear with frog's gray-green hide, wedge-shaped head with wide horney-lipped mouth hooked for ripping flesh; 3 small eyes ringed by hard ridges; hit eye to kill.
• bronzed scaled, tailles cats.
• flying beast
• wingless birds, coarse leather skin, sharp beaks, long sinewy legs run faster than a horse.
• Will return to claim what is theirs.
• Helmet like a large insect head with thin red plumes like feelers.
• After Return new names will be chosen to the Blood.
• Aes Sedai are considered damane and dangerous left unleashed.
• House of Aladon
• Empress's Listeners
• Towers of Midnight
• Empress is only one who can call for the death of one of the Lords or Ladies-placed in silken bag, hung over the side of the Tower of Ravens and left to rot.
• Ride creatures called grolm (same things in portal world).
• There were Aes Sedai among the Armies of the Night when Luthair fought them-one named Deain made collar and leash device.
• "From birth to death, I serve the Blood." spoken by personal servants.
• Oaths: Obey the Forerunners, Await the Return, Serve Those Who Come Home
• "First Watcher": caged man as example; watching over the Ocean.
• Deathwatch Guard: served unwavering to Empress or personal representatives
• "On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers."
• Raven is the symbol of the Imperial Family; Towers of Ravens is the symbol of Imperial Justice.
• Cantorin
• Every Year all the girls are tested for channeling; if they become an damane their name is taken from all the records.
• kaf-bitter drink.
• Servants wear filmy wraps. "From birth to death, I serve the Blood". Kill selves when Lord killed/dies.
• Marath'damane
• a'dam see One Power Objects
• damane: Leashed One; wear plain dark gray; thought of as tools or pets; few but Nobles own; Most the property of the Throne; "Now serve in truth as in name"; too valuable to be killed but can and are be punished in inhuman ways; those who can make the a'dam are pampered; born with the spark.
• sul'dam: Holder of the Leash; many more than damane; forked lightnings on dress; develop an affinity or completeness with their damane; have ability to be taught to channel.
• Aes Sedai never spoken.
• Sekengada Dai & Tuel?
• Merinloe (city)?
• Damane
• Artur Hawkwing's descendants-son Luthair Paendrag Mondwin.
• No Trollocs in Seanchan, but other allies of Armies of the Night; some have been trained and used by Seanchan.

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